9 Important Home Building Trends for 2016 and Beyond

Are you wondering where home buying trends are headed now that the first quarter of 2016 is well behind us?

We’ve put some brainpower into analysing the current home buying market, and put together a trend forecast with our thoughts on what the next big things will be as we finish out 2016 and head into 2017.

These are our predictions for 9 of the most important home building trends for 2016 and beyond.

1. Increased Demand for New Homes Will Create Growth for the Home Building Industry in Australia

According to the Department of Planning and Environment website, the Australian government plans to focus significant attention on meeting housing demands created by projected future population growth.

They anticipate that more than half a million additional homes will be necessary to accommodate the growing population over the next 20 years.

The vast majority of this housing will be new homes, and the home building industry in Australia is poised for outstanding growth opportunities.

2. New Housing Developments Will Increase the Population Density in Existing Cities

The Department of Planning and Environment has communicated plans to create increased housing inventory closer to jobs.

As one of Australia’s thriving economic centres, Sydney is poised to be one of the main beneficiaries of the upcoming housing boom.

3. Demand for New Homes Will Be Strongest Near Airports and Transportation Hubs

With the Australian government’s stated plans to focus on strengthening economic development around transportation gateways and strategic centres, we can infer that populations and development projects will naturally gravitate to these areas.

Look for new development opportunities around Sydney Airport, Port Botany and Badgery’s Creek Airport.

1 Comment

James BergmanJune 30, 2016 at 11:49 pm

I think it is great that people are starting to use and get creative with oddly-shaped lots. It is kind of surprising what you can do with them. I actually read an article online about some of these types of buildings. the one that stuck out to me was a guy who built his house in a small alley between two high-rises. His house was understandably really long and narrow. It looked nice, but I don’t know if I could manage to live there. Still, I do applaud people for using the small oddly-shaped parcels like this.